Deer Resistant Plants and Trees

Echinacea ‘Purple Coneflower’

Always the start in the meadow or garden. Mid-season meadows often burst with purple from these beautiesA true staple to any perennial garden. This butterfly-magnet is easy to grow and makes for spectacular bouquets. A favorite for the back of the perennial border and beautiful in fresh arrangements. A hardy perennial that is heat and drought tolerant. Grow in full sun to light shade in average, well-drained soil. Plants grow to 3 ft. tall. Flowers are in full color from July-September and attract butterflies. 2 gallon
Full Sun • Partial Shade • Deer Resistant • Attracts Butterflies • Attracts Hummingbirds • Attracts Birds• Bee Friendly


Garden Phlox – White

Low-growing, showy plants suitable for cascading over walls or down a slope. Spreads rapidly to cover any open sunny spot. In rich soil, as much as 2′ across, completely covered with flowers in mid-spring. Prefers sandy soil. will spread, covering any open sunny spot. It is an attractive eye-catching favorite that stands out in the night garden as well. Will cascade beautifully over a rock wall or slope. Blooming in mid-spring, it pairs nicely near tulips and daffodils. 2 gallon Available in pink and white
Deer Resistant • Attracts Butterflies • Rabbit Registrant • Full Sun


Lady’s Mantle

Dainty chartreuse flowers in dense clusters on arching stems. Thriller blooms more prolifically, has larger leaves and is slightly more upright in habit. The leaves are fan shaped and will collect rain or dew as sparkling jewels. Flowers last in water and can also be dried. Great for borders.  Wonderful leaf shape, color, and bloom for the front of the border or as a mass-planted ground cover. A long-lived perennial flower that is fairly low maintenance. 2 gallon
Deer Resistant • Rabbit Resistant • Shade


Lamb’s Ear

Fuzzy, grey-leaved groundcover that thrives in problem areas such as dry shade and poor soils. Silver Carpet Lamb’s Ear is a drought resistant, non-flowering perennial plant. Great groundcover. 2 gallon
Deer Resistant • Rabbit Resistant • Full Sun


Lavendar

Fragrant flower and foliage. 18-24″ tall x 24-30″ wide. Dark blue calyxes and violet-blue corollas of ‘Munstead Violet’. A bee favorite. Good Rockgarden or alpine plant, low maintenance, great for mass plantings, good for cut flowers. 2 gallon
Deer Resistant • Attracts Butterflies • Bee Friendly • Rabbit Resistant • Full Sun


Moonbea

12-18″ w. x 12-18″ tall. Beautiful lemon-yellow flowers, with delicate lacy foliage. This compact plant blooms all summer long. pPfect plant for your containers, beds and borders. Blooms summer to fall. 2 gallon
Deer Resistant • Attracts Butterflies • Bee Friendly • Rabbit Resistant • Full Sun


Purple Aster

Asters burst with color in the midsummer garden. Ideal for edging perennial borders or summer pathways. Will even flourish in pots and containers on a porch or patio. Flowers will not droop in the midday sun. They stand up straight and great all the garden visitors with their cozy blue faces. Pest and disease tolerant and will grow in most types of soil. 2 gallon
Deer Resistant • Attracts Butterflies • Bee Friendly • Full Sun or Part Shade


Purple Salvia

Blooms prolifically with deep purple-blue flowers. Has excellent cold hardiness, vigor, and tolerance of heavy clay soils. Blooming in late spring with a profusion of flower spikes, it re-blooms later in the summer when deadheaded. Good for cut flowers and containers. 2 gallon. Available in pinks and whites
Deer Resistant • Attracts Butterflies • Attracts Hummingbirds • Bee Friendly • Rabbit Resistant • Full Sun or Part Shade


Russian Sage

A nice upright form and spires of smoky blue flowers from mid-summer into fall. Drought resistant/drought tolerant plant . Long-bloomer, small enough to nestle into almost any sunny garden. Spicy-scented silver foliage and blossoms thrive in dry, tough conditions. 2 gallon
Deer Resistant • Attracts Butterflies • Rabbit Resistant • Full Sun


Sedum ‘Autumn Joy’

Largee semi-domed flowerheads composed of tiny blossoms appear in August and remain through fall. Succulent upright, fleshy jade plant foliage of lighter green. Reliable bloomer, the cameleon-like flower progresses from warm pink, to bronze rose, to a deeper brick red before frost. Let dried flower heads remain to provide nice winter interest. Good for cut flowers
Deer Resistant • Attracts Butterflies • Rabbit Resistant • Full Sun


Black Eyed Susan

A true staple of any garden or meadow, these versatile, drought-tolerant plants light up the summer landscape with their sunny golden blooms.  Blooms summer to fall. Great cut flower
Deer Resistant • Attracts Butterflies and Birds • Rabbit Resistant • Full Sun


Spiderwort

Fabulous groundcover with cobweb-covered foliage and large bright-pink, quarter-sized flowers in mid-summer. Good for containers. Spreading slowly with thick, finger-like roots, it forms an attractive mat of white cobweb-covered leaves. In mid-summer, it suddenly comes into bloom with a month-long display of bright pink flowers. 2 gallon
Deer Resistant • Full Sun • Clay Tolerant Plant